Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN World Championship · 23 editions (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 43,261 finishers
Editions: 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2023 women · 2024 · 2025 · 2025 women
How to read it: in each row, the time under "Top 10%" is the time of the slowest athlete who still made the fastest 10% of the age group. Beat that time and you are in. Age groups with fewer than 5 finishers are omitted. Finishers only.
Men
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 28,791 | 8:36:02 | 9:18:18 | 9:35:22 | 9:56:59 | 10:59:51 | 7:49:16 |
| MPRO | 948 | 7:59:35 | 8:12:29 | 8:19:40 | 8:28:13 | 8:50:52 | 7:49:16 |
| M18-24 | 790 | 9:05:02 | 9:22:32 | 9:35:30 | 9:49:06 | 10:33:45 | 8:51:50 |
| M25-29 | 2,125 | 8:56:01 | 9:12:35 | 9:23:21 | 9:36:39 | 10:11:55 | 8:34:01 |
| M30-34 | 3,416 | 8:57:21 | 9:14:09 | 9:23:50 | 9:36:46 | 10:12:14 | 8:37:15 |
| M35-39 | 4,421 | 9:01:16 | 9:19:14 | 9:30:41 | 9:46:16 | 10:26:37 | 8:24:36 |
| M40-44 | 4,939 | 9:10:54 | 9:33:20 | 9:45:14 | 10:02:45 | 10:49:28 | 8:40:45 |
| M45-49 | 4,155 | 9:22:22 | 9:44:03 | 9:58:51 | 10:20:41 | 11:12:52 | 8:55:33 |
| M50-54 | 3,658 | 9:36:48 | 10:07:08 | 10:24:43 | 10:46:39 | 11:47:21 | 9:05:37 |
| M55-59 | 1,896 | 10:00:42 | 10:32:26 | 10:53:56 | 11:21:24 | 12:32:15 | 9:14:23 |
| M60-64 | 1,314 | 10:33:40 | 11:06:26 | 11:26:04 | 11:55:10 | 13:13:30 | 9:46:54 |
| M65-69 | 674 | 11:23:16 | 11:58:05 | 12:23:37 | 12:56:22 | 14:11:06 | 10:44:31 |
| M70-74 | 347 | 12:03:38 | 13:01:25 | 13:29:06 | 14:02:52 | 15:17:46 | 11:45:05 |
| M75-79 | 86 | 13:06:03 | 13:35:24 | 14:12:22 | 14:52:20 | 15:52:09 | 13:06:03 |
| M80-84 | 12 | 15:38:25 | 15:38:25 | 15:41:51 | 15:48:40 | 16:40:46 | 15:38:25 |
| MPC/ID | 5 | 12:01:49 | 12:01:49 | 12:01:49 | 12:01:49 | 13:09:06 | 12:01:49 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 14,470 | 9:16:36 | 10:04:25 | 10:29:41 | 10:59:28 | 12:08:12 | 8:24:31 |
| FPRO | 737 | 8:34:59 | 8:54:28 | 9:04:00 | 9:17:08 | 9:43:50 | 8:24:31 |
| F18-24 | 588 | 10:00:15 | 10:25:35 | 10:42:52 | 11:00:45 | 12:01:38 | 9:38:26 |
| F25-29 | 1,233 | 9:46:03 | 10:08:33 | 10:24:20 | 10:44:35 | 11:30:31 | 9:14:12 |
| F30-34 | 1,921 | 9:48:11 | 10:08:31 | 10:24:52 | 10:44:34 | 11:26:31 | 9:19:52 |
| F35-39 | 2,000 | 9:53:18 | 10:15:19 | 10:31:18 | 10:52:34 | 11:39:04 | 9:28:48 |
| F40-44 | 2,233 | 10:02:31 | 10:26:48 | 10:43:01 | 11:03:42 | 11:55:50 | 9:32:05 |
| F45-49 | 1,985 | 10:19:09 | 10:46:51 | 11:06:17 | 11:32:26 | 12:30:07 | 9:23:25 |
| F50-54 | 1,635 | 10:36:19 | 11:08:30 | 11:29:39 | 11:57:35 | 12:58:42 | 10:06:55 |
| F55-59 | 1,166 | 10:55:39 | 11:35:37 | 11:57:00 | 12:28:08 | 13:35:32 | 10:33:10 |
| F60-64 | 647 | 11:38:06 | 12:24:04 | 12:45:23 | 13:22:46 | 14:34:50 | 10:57:10 |
| F65-69 | 248 | 12:28:43 | 13:15:40 | 13:35:38 | 14:10:04 | 15:36:39 | 12:22:38 |
| F70-74 | 64 | 13:24:27 | 13:59:31 | 14:08:00 | 14:36:13 | 15:38:44 | 13:24:27 |
| F75-79 | 9 | 15:51:50 | 15:51:50 | 15:51:50 | 15:54:16 | 16:48:53 | 15:51:50 |
Source: Seffrin A., Nikolaidis P.T., Andrade M.S., Villiger E., Rosemann T., Weiss K., Ferreira D., Knechtle B. (2026). A dataset of 2.7 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v3.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.22097794.